Holders 015: The Conclusion.
From that instant, a hand showed before Rine, stopping the projectile from penetrating through only by his palms. Calming it down at ease, he jumped before him with his elevated left arm which neutralized the piercing lance. His being was covered by a black hoodie as he made his intro. But soon the air surrounding them rages through, pulling the hood under his head.
"Am I late, Master." With his Cyan-dyed hair paired with Azure colored eyes, Another man emerges in his shadow. The one who calls him its master shifted his gaze but refrained from looking thoroughly at and called the winds by the entirety of his arms that swirls violently as it safeguards both of them.
"Aether. I did not expect you to come here." Rine stereotypically replied.
The man recognized as Aether scratched the back of his head in slight discontent "Aw man. How many times I told you that you can call me by my first name again?"
Rine then retorted. "Then how about you? How many times have I said you're allowed to address me casually. I've been telling you to cut that master thingy before."
"---Ehh... Fine Fine... My apologies, Master Rine." Aether crossed his hands grumpily.
"Oh God, this man's so stubborn." Rine rolled his eyes, sighing deeply as he mutters, but cannot fight it back and called him by his first name: "Whatever, Jin."
Jin giggled excitingly when Rine called him by his first name. "Finally! Now we're getting somewhere!"
However, Rine turned the topic anew. "How did you knew I am here? Thought I'll suit myself knocking these guys out alone."
"Oh, Yeah. The winds sensed a furious anomaly coming your way just moments, so I got a hurry on to give you a small aid."
"---Small aid huh..." Rine cutted out as he looks above the sky, and so a moment passed by, yet he turned the topic once again. "Ugh, Nevermind. Better focus on our priorities first."
"Well, if you say so." Jin agreed with a nod.
From a distance not far away, a full horde marches amidst the shadows proceeding into their location. Consists of white-robes covering the entirety of their being as the excessed fabric crawls into the ground in their arrival, they were formed in three horizontal columns with ten people each on the first two layers while the remaining four resides at the rear since they arrived visible at the leftmost of part of the crossroad. Now they have reached a clear view, a woman which acts as the lead whom covered her fingertips with a black glove, extended her right arm aside straightly--- A sign recognized as their stopping marks.
She casted her robe away revealing an intimidating glare directly onto those two. Now completely full sights, her vision averted on the one lying onto the ground next to them, and so she realized it was Kazuto's Mana revolving around that body, thus that hit him a stressful thought.
"Dammit!" she balled her first forcefully as she could. "I shouldn't have let you do the thing if I knew this Herald Toppler we're gonna deal with."
"Moreover, this pestilent Aether is also present and looks both in good terms. What sort of alliance did happen between these two."
Her mouth starts gritting her teeth as the wind rages around her, both palms opened in the process. Those two fiercely looking eyes lit up similar from the glow of Rine's, but a turquoise color filled her Pupils and so followed by an unstable fluctuations residing into the air. In different directions, it swings back and forth like a gigantic pair of wings flapping against them which alarmed both the formation and the other two.
That small trace of delight expanded through Jin until it is obvious behind his smile. "This power. She must be here to take over Kazuto's objective."
Rine, still no clear emotions displaying focused his eyes from the massive crowd. "Ayane Suzumoto, Codename: Dandelion. So she leads the whole band this time."
"What do you expect? You stripped Herald out of his throne before. Of course they would send a bunch of elites to take you down." retorted Jin.
"Elite this Elite that. They better send a more experienced Holder instead of these clowns."
However amidst their chat, without realizing it, suddenly the stable flow of the air distorts around their setting. The fury of the winds reach out into them, cutting small grazes as its first approach. The breath of hurricane showed its dominance into the atmosphere, hence its limbs scattered throughout the edges of the city as well notified the Phoenix, which coordinates were located near the bay.
Akari, also in the same spot, plans to bathe the Phoenix down into the water were struck by a sudden shock from the Skyrocketing surge of another mana she can feel. "This monster-----" thus she is too late to notice that it already departed up high into the sky.
From the land up to the air, the monstrous body of the creature rained down embers as if it was fireflies floating amidst.
"Kraaaa!!" Soaring into high altitudes, it spread its wings from the sky as it is positioned just right at the center, covering the entire sunset as well. It's skin ablazes once more, and so it's screech reach the deepest part of their ears.
"O-Oh my, this looks like such pain in the ass..." Jin's eyes seem troubled from the events, though he couldn't even take it away from the magnificent sight. His body shakes so much, yet due to the great excitement he is feeling right now. Fingers cracks as he bend it towards the inside of their palms back and forth, thus a huge grin slit through his face.
Jin still couldn't get over from being energetic, but is able to speak. "H-Hey, Hey, Master. Looks like these guys has some show for us. Can I have the privilege to take over?"
"Suit yourself. Better not kill anyone." Rine nonchalantly nodded, agreeing to his request.
Ayane, on the other hand drew her hands for another time. Behind her, her followers focused their on that hand as it swiftly drops back down--- A sign which they are waiting for the initiation.
"Do it."
The foremost layer of the squad vanished before their eyes that moment when the winds whistled through them. It was fast enough that even Jin wasn't able to see how it happened despite the clear view. It may have surprised him at the least, yet his obvious excitement is still intact.
The first ten gradually appeared each by each around Jin as they forms a circle around him. They pulled out knives from their waist, hence dashed forward in unison which trapped him without escape. Yet it is still too early for saying that.
"So all of them are elites huh." Jin dashed forward to the left, hitting one's chin by bending his upperhalf from the rear, thus tossed an uppercut in a blink of an eye. Neither of the other nine anticipated much such move, but shortly responsed a withdrawal from their seige.
Even so everybody leaped backward on that moment, their planned second assault were halted midway. Two on the circle's rear had their footing drop down by Jin's immediate response through a circular Underkick, which popped off their strategies dramatically.
None of them realized it that early, but not so long, both of the flanks followed the fall, and so Left only three on the the frontlines standing still.
Jin stood at the center of their circle once again as he saunter while touching his chin "What's so 'elite' about Y'all?"
Not a second of passing, yet the ones he took down arose once more, hence lunged behind him altogether while other three threw their knives pointed into each of his limbs and into his forehead. However, confident enough, he grinned widely as he spun in flamboyance.
Midway, he stretched his left arm, while enunciating a calling of a mighty whirlwind to possess his totality that endowed failure to the oppression.
Holding the winds into his grasp, he uttered the words: "Autumn Sweep." as followed by a Spiral gust of wind that swept every single foe from just one wing of his arm. Nobody was left behind standing but him as an exception.
"So even the 12th Division's Elites were this wimpy. Too sad. I shouldn't have expected much." Jin watched all of them plummet powerlessly down to the ground as every finger on his right arm from each bend. A few managed to stand up once again, thus the majority is already taken down.
"Hm?" Soon by taking a small observation, Jin was somehow intruiged by a certain thought. "Those daggers wasn't imbued with magic aren't they? No wonder I couldn't sense a thing in those movements."
Not letting him to elaborate further, the second wave began moving forward that consists of the same quantity of the previous. Jin, in quite a blasé extended his left arm along the dance of the atmosphere, thus formed a handgun between his fingers. While his right arm resting inside his pocket, Jin's pulled the trigger on each of then precisely, but still in a fast cadence on taking the aim regardless of its recoil, hence preventing an idle sway. Two seconds--- he fired ten swirling bullets in two seconds at perfect accuracy into each of their chests. Though, it is not strong enough to penetrate into the heart, rather induced a pushing force that launched all of them down at once.
At a clear view, Rine was watching his disciple wreak havoc in his pleasure. Crossed arms, while one's right foot steps ahead, he sighed dejectedly while observing through Jin's actions. It doesn't appease him that much, yet continued to view it by himself.
"Look at that fool, enjoying himself as he pleases from tormenting those lackeys without noticing a thing. Ugh... feels like I'm watching two clowns tricking each other."
His head then tilted rightward, only to expect the tip of a certain spear pointed against his cheek."So, what's the holdup? The Spear of Shinatsuhiko must've already taken my life at this moment."
"Yet, you stopped. Perhaps there is an explanation for this."
The spear fastly withdrawn away from Rine as an immediate response. A woman holds it single-handed, while carrying another person that appears to be Kazuto since his vulnerability displayed in his current state.
The woman grabs Kazuto with her as she stepped away. "So you knew all along... "
"Certainly, I am not foolish enough to drop my guard down. However, you on the other hand wasn't aware." he continued. "I couldn't sense any change from you since our last meeting, Ayane Suzumoto."
"And so you are too. You never cease to lure us out of our territories only for us to received a great loss. More like you are repeating history, just like what you did at the thirteenth division a year ago." retorted by the woman, spinning the spear through her fingertips until her grip slams it beneath the ground.
"Lure huh... Perhaps you might've missed it, or you might be neglecting the fact that I was the one being aggravated to begin with. Though needless to say, those ones only end up in losing their own fight."
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Hearing his opinion, somewhat deliberation pushes Ayane from behind from which came the point she is about to thrust the spear towards Rine once again. Her agility together with the power of a Holder, it might be possible to dash forward in great speed then withdraw beforehand, But on the second thought, another greater thing stopped her pursuit from executing midway.
The tip of the Spear of Shinatsuhiko was just right between Rine's eyes, yet he already knew it won't progress. His dominance didn't waver, not even tainted by fear at the slightest.
Only an inch far on the other hand, the tip will pierce his forehead by a small push, but Ayane froze at that second. Her grip remained shaking for a while. Somewhat trepidation prevented her from letting it happen which made her back off out of consciousness...
The same pressure lead her breathing into an unsettling disturbance. As if the pressure is rising from each tick of second.
"Kk!" She pinched her chest for a chance to stop the extremities, yet it wasn't good enough of a remedy.
Meanwhile Rine which caused this severe intimidation crossed his arms as followed by a nonchalant sigh.
"You have pushed yourself too much, I trust?"
Ayane then bit her lip while her thoughts clouded by vexation "Dammit!"
Up into the sky, Rine's vision stride through. The Cycle will shift soon, yet the battle seems still far over the surface. Both Jin and the whole infantry were visibly clashing with their fists On the left corner of his eye, and so seeing them vaguely brought Rine into a thought.
"I'm afraid, you'll have a bad time..." He removed the first button of his polo, thus ripped it off the fabric.
His fingers fumbled into its shape softly before he threw it up into the air. Hence lips moved as it is about the speak.
"This is not my domain anymore."
With the button falls just right into his palm synchronizing into the Sun set and the Blast of Flame spat by the Phoenix, The night comes faster than they thought. He was aware of everything that is happening until now, and so he knew that ball of flame was meant to hit him. However near his stead, a shadowed grasp emerged next to his elbows as it catches the ball of flame beforehand, hence squeezed it into ashes. A woman covered her appearance in a frowned mask has appeared before their eyes.
"So you two came back huh." Rine's lips turned for a grin as seeing the girl which identities were confirmed not long ago.
Obtaning that same Golden hair while darkness follows her wake, the same body figure and the entirety of her being, and that skirt he forgot to switch on, at the first glance, Rine already knew it was Reika all along.
On the other side of their location, Jin's playground were taken by another mam. Three of the remaining four of Jin's foes dropped unconscious into the ground from a single strike of an unknown guise. At the first thought, its nearly unseen, yet the dark figure acts violent that even unveiled the truth from Jin's puzzling situation.
"Puppets. Lame."
That same guys stood above a lone elevated pole with a single toe, thus concealed himself with a Catoonic smiley faced mask. Bearing the same Blond hair as the other matching the attire of a circus clown, anybody would've guess his identity just by that.
Everybody turned their eyes from the two, yet Rine was an exception. That sharp grin appeared from his emotionless expression glowed amidst the darkness, hence luck aligned within him.
Ayane was struck by a strong shock by seeing those two. "Flax Jester and Stygian Primrose!? So Both of these terrors are also involved in your plan!"
The fallen troops from the Squad simultaneously arose once more. Now uncloaked, those knives they hold kept in their grip intact as they dashes surrounding The Smiley masked man. An all out attack with no escape is what everybody thought, but little did they knew this scenario could become one of his advantages.
All in the verge of slashing their blade at once, The Smiley Mask Man saw it by the naked eye--- A shining thin fibre of thread just above their napes appears to be controlling them at some point. Wearing those emotionless expression that looks obviously unresponsive even gave him a sudden conclusion.
All of his fingers aligned on each hand and so he spun diagonally. It cut every Thread extending into their napes, thus sent it back to its srouce.
"Gotcha!" Matsuo then Removed the mask, hence Propelled as he steps into the atmosphere with ease.
That small Displacement Guided him towards the final Person who stands among the fallen. Anticipating to wear the same outfit, the person appeared the similar to the others. However in a spur moment, the robe flew covering Matsuo's face. Another woman, possessing a short, red dyed hair was the content of that Concealing robe. Yet before Matsuo takes action after throwing the Obscurements away, That girl had already reattached the thread to all of her puppets, which is eagerly circled him mid air, ready to make him dead meat. However Matsuo didn't came here barehanded.
That smiley mask residing between his fingers dissolved into thin air into matching the tint just as dark as the night sky. Soon it stands out forming a Giant Claw and begun spinning violent swings not passing a second.
Matsuo reached it by his right hand, and so at the last minute, a Stygian Wave neutralized the puppets in a one fell swoop.
"Hand of Hades!"
The Puppets were severed unevenly by that Giant Claw. Unseemingly Wooden Limbs tossed in every directions, followed with Matsuo's vanishing movement as he approaches the woman; defenseless. Howbeit, her reflexes didn't let her down, and has still been able to ward him off by a turning kick, opposing his charge.
"Tch! Fucking Clown!" The woman exclaimed, swinging her leg towards Matsuo. However he was able to block with his arms as his Defensive play, hence clawed a small graze on the woman's shoulder.
"So its Miss Seamstress. Nice meeting you again, but I'm in quite a hurry."
Though failed to give a successful engagement after gaining balance, Matsuo crouched while still approaching the girl and endowed a strong pushing force by the palm which pressed against her stomach, thus she sent flying a small distance before hitting an electric pole to its collapse.
"And Flax Jester wins again~" Tapping his hands from each other, he turned his back then his legs jumped high, fast enough to traverse into Rine's Stead."
Rine slightly turn an eye on both of them with his left arm on his waist then look straightly at Ayane, which dumbstrucked the moment.
A small smirk slit through his lips." I told you." then snapped his fingers on his right hand, fabricating a small sphere of light floating above his enclosed palms. As soon as it dissolves into the dusk once again, he continued...
"The Night has never been my domain, but the Eternal Darkness'"
Suddenly, sirens filled their ears with its subsequent rings that moves closer into their location. Evene that loud sound of aircrafts made the ground vibrates for some moment as it goes by to scout the city's ruins.
One of the sent military chopper whose gone by to check the status of the place stopped the moment they saw an avian figure from afar.
"Sir, Look!" The operator of the Aircraft tapped one's beside him in the shoulder and points it to the object.
It's flames make it vibrant amongst the sky, since the darkness consumes the entirety of the city. Rine and the other noticed it from afar, but all of the scouts are focused on that flying object half a hundred meter away from them.
"W-What in the fucking fuck was that..."
As soon as they moves near, both of their eyes were open wide by seeing the completely burning body of the Phoenix as it's embers nearly reached and melted the front glass of the Chopper.
The one on the beside the operator had this jaw dropping moment the second it looked clearly recognizable while they're inside the vehicle. A moment of a shocking pause turned them into a solid stone for a while, not until the Giant bird Averted its eyes into them.
"Oh God! Back away! Back away!!!"
The two attendants were surprised in that quick glance and was about to drive away, but rather blown too far after the Bird Creature Flapped a Twister of Conflagrating winds as it points itself down.
"Kraaaaa!"
Its claws etched the road while spreading its wings once again. In the process, it rammed itself from Jin and the three angrily which made them separate from other sides. Though it was on purposely made, hence the 'Seamstress' once again showed above the bird's searing back.
"Hurry up!" she called Ayane in a loud voice.
"But---"
"Just Hop on! We can't afford to lose two Heralds in one fight, so please Abort the mission for now!"
"Kk!" Ayane's Fist balls from disappointment as the woman said was true. At this moment, she hates herself. Before, She had the odd feeling of the unmentioned dangers of the task Hideo wants them to d, yet right now she thinks herself being the one to blame from what happened to her brother, Kazuto, which is badly injured after facing Rine. Even so, she halfheartedly jumped atop of the creature, leaving a deep, feirce glare looking directly into Rine's Golden Eyes.
But before they depart, a determined response escaped from her lips:
"I will make sure that look on your eyes will perish the next time we meet." and so the Phoenix took its swift flight.
At last the fight is over amidst the ruins of the city. A big percentage of establishments, Personal Valuables, were seen inside the wreckage. Most of the big industry of Japan lies in the city of Tokyo, and so does most of its citizen's occupations and incomes were caught up into this mess caused by the Holders. Though, Rine and the other are an exception.
"Rin!!!" Reika finally removed the frown mask onto her face and snuggled tightly then looks his waist.
"Aw man. Now here's the sweet part." Matsuo jokingly jested.
Though she immediately retorted, despite her deep desire to feel Rine's body throughout a hug once "Shut up!!"
After getting a chance to cuddle, Reika touched the entirety of his body in a fretful expression drawn to her face.
"Oh Gosh, Look at you. You're hurt! I shouldn't have left you like this!" she unhappily said.
Seeing this envious scenario, Matsuo rolled his eyes away. "And there it is, the---"
But She riposte once more "Shut up!!!"
Meanwhile, though she couldn't see it noticed it until now. Everybody must be seeing a turning bright red glow into Rine's entire face as Reika examines her body right now.
Jin whose just arrived seconds ago pointed Matsuo since he took the spotlight from him earlier. "Argh This Motherfu---" but was also got to see Rine's flustered face. Right now, Jin's smile became the most glorious smile among them all.
Him and Rine has been together in a long time, so he almost knew Rine's traits and mannerisms. Even the non obvious ones are already etched in Jin's mind. But this is the first time he saw Rine in a vulnerable state.
"D-Don't Look! This isn't---" he begged, but so makes Jin's grin widen everytime he does as if he is about to do something horrifying.
On the other hand, Reika is still busy at the moment while checking his overall condition that she couldn't notice Jin's malicious glance towards Rine. From the torso down to the crotch until reaching the toes, he endured everything as he could until it finally cased up.
"Thank goodness, none of your injuries are fatal!" Reika's bright grin thawed Rine's embarrassment in a snap. Though, her arms once again entangled around Rine's arms preventing him from getting away
"Hey--"
Matsuo suddenly stopped Rine from flailing then placed his index finger at the middle of his own lips.
"Let her be. It's not like you could still move firmly in that state."
Given by the circumstances, now all he can do is awkwardly smile and let the girl do her thing.
At the middle of the crossroad where they stands through, a slight rumbling of the ground occured beneath them-- more like a signal of Akari's arrival.
Surfing the Ground by elevating the earth by her free will, Akari called from the rightmost part of the road.
"Oh, Rine---"
She was about to call Rine, but then interrupted after seeing the other two next him which now in a different outfit, and an unrecognizable face of another man she never saw before.
Nevertheless, Reika shifted her gaze over after hearing her small voice. "Akari! I'm glad you are safe!"
She immediately released the poor boy, Rine. "I-Its not what you think..." However it is too late, since she completely saw it in her own eyes. That sweet smile she has in her face as she buries it under Rine's chest.
"Uhuh!" An ominous grin emerged from Akari's face, similar to Jin's.
Reika tried to insist his excuse. "No, No! It wasn't actually like that. I---"
"Silence Peasant! That frivolous act must mean something between you two!"
"----No!!!"
"Yes!!!"
"---I told you it's a No!"
"I told you it's a yes!"
And so their discussion turned into such a mess...
Jin, on a different note placed his arms above Rine's shoulder with that sinister looking stare.
"Woah Woah What did I just see there? You didn't inform me that you already got a girlfriend when I was away." Jin tapped his shoulder two times.
Rine, on the other hand has mixed emotions haunting both his heart and mind. Though, be couldn't admit a thing, but that sweet moment had him astonished until now.
Rine looked away out of embarrassment "I-Its not it... Not like I'd had a girlfriend like her."
"Bwahahahaha! I knew you would deny your feelings. Bwahahahahaha!"
Hearing his thoughts while pouting, Jin suddenly bursted laughing after seeing such a look. He constantly tapped his shoulder as it intensified louder and louder that even lead his eye teary. Though, hearing that deafening cackle somehow annoyed Rine.
"Such a loud wheeze huh. I bet you didn't even got it too." He then lifted away Jon's arm and crossed his.
The laughter might've stopped the moment he said so, but Jin's big smile still hasn't been erased, thus answered. "No, I got one."
" What!?!?" Rine's voice arose echoing amidst the road as it also caught the other three's attention. Thought, they're small talk didn't last long...
"Oh No..."
The echoing sound of countless sirens filled the whole ruins once more. The alteration between the Blue and Red lights reflects into the surface of the ground associated by the sound of engines going towards their direction. It seem they heard Rine's resounding Roar.
Rine's left fist balled. "Tsk. Let's set that aside for now. We can't afford to be seen by authorities while we stand here like nothing happened, you know?"
So having the same thoughts, with her two finger aligned as he draws an unknown object around the dusk, A cloak created from Reika's Procure succumbed the entirety of their being.
Reika then averted her to everyone again. "Well Then. Here. Perhaps this'll help for the time being."
that said, Rine and the others left the Crossroad in haste and with the help Reika's control of the condition, they escaped the incoming trouble. The stationed forces blocked the exit to the ruined grounds by putting a barricade at each passages leading outside while guarded by a number of armed men to isolate the area. Though as mentioned, not even the slightest clue of them were left.
Striding into that massive crowd and passing into several neighborhoods ahead, they were successful from the escape and arrived into that particular Neighborhood where Rine's home lies amongst.
However, he did not expect everything engulfed by indistinguishable flames.
"Seriously..."